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GOISD students catch fish at Camp Josh

By CHARITY SMITH

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ONTONOGAN — Students in Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District’s center-based programs spent Friday morning fishing at Camp Josh.

Jay Pawlak, a teacher with the GOISD, said he has been bringing his students with intellectual impairments to the camp at least twice a year for the last seven years.

“It’s a day just to have a U.P. learning experience on fishing, in this case,” said Dean Juntunen, a member of the Camp Josh board. “They sure seemed to enjoy it and the fish were pretty hungry.”

Pawlak said that for many of the kids...